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The attention economy and the Net

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Goldhaber, Michael H.·1997·First Monday
DOI 10.5210/fm.v2i4.519
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If the Web and the Net can be viewed as spaces in which we will increasingly live our lives, the economic laws we will live under have to be natural to this new space.

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  • La necesidad de seleccionar a qué insumo informativo procedente de internet se presta atención es un hecho constatable, en la línea de los estudios de Simon (1971), Goldhaber (1997), Shapiro y Varian (1999) y Davenport y Beck (2002), en el contexto del capitalismo cognitivo.

    “La necesidad de seleccionar a qué insumo informativo procedente de internet se presta atención es un hecho constatable, que sigue la línea de los estudios de Simon (1971); Goldhaber (1997); Shapiro y Varian (1999) y Davenport y Beck (2002), en el contexto del capitalismo cognitivo ( Guillaud , 2018).”

    From Redes sociales y consumo digital en jóvenes universitarios: economía de la atención y oligopolios de la comunicación en el siglo XXI (2020) · cites this paper as Goldhaber (1997)

  • Attention-economy theory holds that information abundance makes human attention the scarce resource around which communication systems reorganize.

    “Attention-economy theory argues that information abundance makes human attention the scarce resource around which communication systems reorganize (Davenport & Beck, 2001;Goldhaber, 1997).”

    From Sensational Headlines, Engagement, and Credibility in Nepal’s Online News (2025) · cites this paper as Goldhaber, 1997

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Authors
Goldhaber, M. H.
Corresponding author
Goldhaber, Michael H.
Venue
First Monday
Publisher
University of Illinois Libraries
Published
1997-04-07
ISSN
  • 1396-0458 (ISSN-L)
  • 1396-0466
DOI
10.5210/fm.v2i4.519
OpenAlex
W2014790997
Cited by
805
References
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Citations by year
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FWCI
17.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • First Monday (publishedVersion)
  • First Monday (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Digital Media and Philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Personal Information Management and User Behavior
  • Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Information Society and Technology Trends
Keywords
attention economy, internet, economic law, digital economy, online life

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